Inaugural issue to be released January 1

The January 1, 2017 inaugural issue of Translational Animal Science will feature nine articles. Six of the nine are already available in First Look. Here are the publication stats on the January 1 inaugural issue of TAS:

Submission to first decision: 37.5 days

Submission to First Look: 45 days

Submission to Publication: 3.6 months

Following publication of the first issue we are planning on applying to be accepted into the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The DOAJ serves to help authors vet open access journals.